LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Shaquille O'Neal maintained his form and
the New Jersey Nets reverted right back to theirs.

O'Neal continued his awesome output with 30 points and 16
rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 103-80 rout of the
Nets, who followed Wednesday's rare win at Golden State with a
terrible performance.

O'Neal, who averaged 37.5 points and 18 rebounds over his
previous five games, went unchallenged along the interior,
hitting 14-of-24 shots. The 7-1 center was 2-of-6 from the line
as New Jersey opted to lay off the big man, rather than send him
to the line whenever he touched the ball in scoring position.

"I thought Shaq intimidated us," New Jersey coach Don Casey
said. "He's a monster. We were worried about (Glen) Rice and
people like that, but Shaq clears his ground and the others just
feed off him."

"My game is like the Pythagorean theorem, no one has an answer,"
O'Neal said.

The Nets have not won two straight games since April 16-18 of
last season and did not look capable of doing so at any point
tonight, falling behind 14-8 midway through the first quarter
and never challenging thereafter.

New Jersey (2-11) has lost eight of its last nine games and
seems quite capable of eclipsing last season's 3-17 start that
got former coach John Calipari fired.

New Jersey point guard Stephon Marbury, who has been criticized
for shunning his teammates in search of his own points, misfired
on 13-of-16 shots for 10 points to go with just five assists.

"I gotta fight every game," Marbury said. "When you go on the
court and you got two people guarding you -- come on, man. When
I go to the basket, I got no outlets."

Ron Harper scored a season-high 17 points for the Lakers, who
improved to 6-2 at the Staples Center and 22-4 all-time at home
against the Nets.

"I was told to say that Ron Harper is brilliant and that is why
I brought him here," Los Angeles coach Phil Jackson joked about
the veteran guard that won three straight championships with him
during his tenure in Chicago.

Los Angeles forward A.C. Green had six points and six rebounds
in 18 minutes. More importantly, Green played in his 1,042nd
professional game, surpassing Ron Boone for first place on the
all-time list. Boone played in 662 ABA and 379 NBA games from
1968 through 1981 without sitting out.

"I've been saying all along that it is a blessing from God to be
able to acquire the record and say that no one else has ever
played as many games in a row," Green said. "Outside of that,
it really hasn't hit me. It's one of those things that you
would appreciate, I think, a lot more once you're done playing."

Derek Fisher and Rick Fox scored 12 points apiece and each had
four during a decisive fourth-quarter run that put the game out
of reach.

"I was talking to Rick Fox today and he was a little frustrated
with a couple of plays and I told him taht he is really an X
factor coming off the bench," Fisher said. "We need the players
to come off the bench and provide with some source of energy
whether it be offense or defense. Just hustle and play hard."

Although they never seriously threatened, New Jersey did stay
within striking distance and trailed 75-65 with 9:43 to play.

But O'Neal made a free throw and dunk, Fox hit an eight-foot
hook shot and Fisher drained a 22-footer to make it 82-65 with
7:37 left. Fox followed with two free throws and Fisher again
was good from 22 feet to make it a 21-point bulge.